Utensil lifter



0. n. LOCKMAN AND 0. POSTEL, 1R-

UTENSIL LIFTER. APPLICATION man NOV. 5. 1920.

Patented Nov. 14, 1922;

INVENTOR. C/MeLES & lack/yi C/{flELL-S osy-54A,

Patented Nov.l4,1922. be 3,45

CHARLES D. LOGKMAN Ann CHARLES rosTEL, JLEL, on INDIANAPOLIS, momma, ASSIGNORS or ONE-THIRD TO HARRY o. KROM, or nnrannronrs, INDIANA.

UTENSIL LIFTER."

Application filed November 5, 1920. Serial No. 422903;

To all whom it may concern: s the side of the utensil diametrically opposite 55 Be it known that we, CriAnLns D. LOOK- from the terminals, the fingers 8 being pref if MAN and CHARLES Posrnn, J12, citizens oferably so attached that'whena lifting action the United States, residing at Indianapolis, is 1 given on the. handle construction the 1; 5 in the county of Marion and State of In- .weight of the-utensil will cause the cross diana, have invented certain new and useful head to frictionally grip the arms andwd .0 Improvements in Utensil Lifters, of which and hold the cross head'in fixed position adthe following is a specification. jacentthe edgeof the utensil.

This invention relates to utensil lifters Any suitable means may be provided for and is designed primarily for lifting utensils moving the cross head towards or from the from ovens or from over burners while food edge of the utensil, but for convenience arod 65 is being cooked in the utensil, the main fea- 9 is attached at one end to the cross head ture of the inventionbeing the provision of while the opposite end thereof passes an elongated handle construction having through a loop 10 in the connectin end I parts thereon for interlocking with the edges portion of the handle construction said loop,

of the utensil so that the hands of the atbeing formed in any suitable manner, as by 7 tendant will be a considerable distance from crimping a. portion of the wire forming the the heat and the possibility of burning the handle construction atits integral end. hands of the attendant reduced to a mini. In applying the liftin 'device to use, the mum. rod 9 is given an outward pull which moves A further feature of the invention is the the cross head 7 outwardly and increases the 7 provision of a sliding member which prefspace between the terminals 5 and the finerably looks by friction after it is engaged gers8, so that said terminals and fingers may with the utensil and a lifting action given be positioned at the opposite edges of a to the handle. utensil,the arms 3 and passing above the A further feature of the invention is the utensil. After the terminals and fingers 80 provision of means for shifting the movable have been properly positioned on opposite part of the lifter whereby the lifter may be sides of the utensil the rod 9 is moved inattached to utensils of varying diameters. wardly which forces the fingers 8 against Other objects and advantages will be one face of the utensil and a continued forhereinafter more fully set forth and pointed Ward movement thereof drawing the ter- 8 out in the accompanying specification. minals 5 against the opposite face of the In the accompanying drawings which are utensil, and in instances where the utensil is made a part of this application, provided with a bead or'flange at its upper Figure 1 is a top plan view of the lifter edge the terminals and fingers will interlock as applied to use, therewith. As soon as a lifting action is im- Figure 2 is a side elevation thereof, and parted to the handle construction the cross Figure 3 is aperspective view of the lifter head will be caused to bind on the arms ,3 removed from the utensil. and 4; in view of the fact that said arms pass 40 Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates a through openings in the cross head and said utensil which may be constructed in the" binding action is suficient under substan usual or any preferred form and of that class tially all conditions for holding the cross used for general cooking purposes, and 2 head in adjusted position adjacent the edges indicates a handle construction which is of the utensil. g 45 preferably constructed of wire and bent The handleconstruction'may be attached to substantially U-shape, so as to provide to the utensil without necessarily bringing paralleling arms 3 and 4:, the. free ends of the hands of the operatorin close proximity said arms having terminals 5 which engage to the utensil, thereby avoiding anypossi parts of the utensil, such as the bead or bility of being burned while handling the 50 flange 6 at the top edge of the utensil. Slidutensil, and as soon as the utensil has been in. i

ably mounted on the paralleling arms 3 and removed and deposited at any suitable point 4 is a cross head 7 said cross head having an outward pull on the rod 9 will release the depending fingers 8 which, like the termicross head and permit the handle connals 5, engage parts of the utensil 1, and on struction to be disengaged from the utensil.

Having thus fully described our said invention, What We clain'i as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

A utensil lifter comprising a handle construction formed 01' paralleling arms integral at one end and having hook terminals at their opposite ends, a rigid cross head slidably mounted on said handle construction, the paralleling arms passing through openings in said head adjacent its ends, a finger depending from each end of said cross head substantially in alignment below said arms adapted to engage the'utensil at points substantially diametrically opposite said terminals the engagement of said fingers With the utensil causing the cross head to cant and frictlonally grip the arms of the handle construction for holding the cross head against casual movement on the handle construction, a loop formed by bending parts of the integral end of the handle construction and an operating rodpassing through said 100p and having one of its ends attached to said cross head.

In Witness whereof, We hax e hereunto set our hands and seals at Indianapolis, Indiana this '30thdav of October. A. D. nineteen hundred and twenty.

CHARLES n. LocKMAN. 1,. s-.] CHARLES POSTEL, JR. [Ls] Witnesses CAREY S. Fern, M. L. SHULER. 

